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Practice buzz: The players brought high intensity to the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. | Photo Credit: Devyanshi Bihani The badminton World championships will begin here on Monday, with the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium already buzzing with activity as players sweated it out in their final practice sessions. The tournament, which runs until August 23, marks the return…
Odd man out: Shi is the only Chinese player coming in as the defending champion. | Photo Credit: AFP The Chinese aura is diminishing. For a formidable machine that churned out winners like clockwork and has had an incredible 72 champions, Shi Yuqi is the only one who will go into the upcoming badminton World championships…
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India’s captain Shubman Gill with batting coach Sitanshu Kotak. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Hopping across the Palk Strait, Devdutt Padikkal has found his groove. In the warm-up fixture in Colombo, he cracked an unbeaten 142, and once he moved to Sri Lanka’s southern coast, a splendid maiden Test hundred was essayed. “I am so…
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Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has said the Congress government was working with the objective of providing fine-quality rice to the poor and ensuring that no poor family went hungry. Telangana has around 1.15 crore families, of which 1,06,28,092 families have ration cards. The government is providing six kg of fine-quality rice per person…
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Harmanpreet, right, proved his class yet again as India pocketed three points. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Indian men’s team couldn’t have asked for a better start to the hockey World Cup after what has been a testing year. Under overcast skies here at the Wagener Stadion, a 3-1 scoreline against Wales in Pool-D…
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Marking the 80th Independence Day, Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh (APEPDCL) Chairman and Managing Director Immadi Prudhvitej hoisted the National Flag at the corporate office in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. Mr. Prudhvitej said the APEPDCL has ensured reliable power supply to over 7.5 million consumers across 12 districts, reducing distribution losses to a historic…
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), a Mumbai-based organisation working for the rights of IT employees, has sent a written complaint to Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya regarding the “prolonged and unexplained delay” in onboarding more than 200 students and young engineers selected by…
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People offering prayers at Mahatma Gandhi Mandir located at Shanti Nagar in Srikakulam on Saturday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT The 80th Independence Day was marked with patriotic fervour at the Mahatma Gandhi Temple situated in Shanti Nagar, Srikakulam district, on Saturday (August 15, 2026). People from all walks of life, along with children from…
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At a time when the government is proposing to allow the levy of a charge on UPI transactions, an analysis shows that the growth in the value of UPI transactions has been slowing for the last five years, while the growth of cash with the public has been quickening over this period. Paywall: On a charge…
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs Rizwan Arshad speaking during the Independence Day celebrations in Udupi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: UMESH S. SHETTIGAR Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Rizwan Arshad launched the Udupi Civic Watch app on Saturday to enable people to report garbage spots in public places. Once…
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